All at once she tensed again and gasped aloud. The pain took hold and blossomed sharply, forcing her to let out a deep, throaty groan. With all her strength she struggled, pushing, laboring, feeling the tension rise within her. And then, at the same instant the pain subsided, she heard Drayton’s triumphant announcement ring throughout the room. “It’s a boy! A boy!”
The lusty sound of a newborn’s first cry filled Ambrosia’s ears and she laughed as tears of joy slid over her cheeks. ‘’A son,’’ she whispered in awe, watching her husband’s expert hands wrap the tiny infant in a blanket and place it in her waiting arms. She gazed down at the child with the same love she felt for Mandy, then met her husband’s smile with a look no less tender. “I love you,” Drayton whispered, his forefinger touching the baby’s wee fist as he bent to kiss Ambrosia’s moist brow. “And I love you, Doctor Rambert,” she returned softly, “more than you will ever know.”
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